INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 190 member countries. Our role is to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. Our high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime in the 21st century.

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Our global police communications channels and internationally recognized alert systems allow police around the world to share data instantly and securely. A 24-hour contact point and specialized teams provide targeted support to serious crime or disaster incidents.

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Canada

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is the Canadian national police service and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety Canada. It is a national, federal, provincial and municipal policing body, providing federal policing services to all Canadians and policing agencies.

INTERPOL Ottawa

Canada joined INTERPOL in 1949 and the RCMP was given the responsibility to operate the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) in Ottawa. The NCB is part of the International Policing Branch. It is staffed by police and civilian RCMP members, public service employees, and police officers seconded from other Canadian police agencies. Current Canadian police partners include Sûreté du Québec, Ontario Provincial Police, and the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (Montreal City Police Service).

Activities

INTERPOL Ottawa serves as the primary gateway for the Canadian law enforcement community to pursue criminal matters outside of Canada. It also coordinates all international requests for assistance with Canadian law enforcement agencies.

Issuing INTERPOL Notices to all member countries to help locate a fugitive, a missing person or to gather information on a subject;

Coordinating and providing assistance in locating/deporting/extraditing foreign fugitives on Canadian soil and Canadian fugitives abroad;

Providing up-to-date information to police investigators on legislation pertaining to criminal investigations and on Canadian requirements for pre-extradition.

On 21 January 2003, INTERPOL Ottawa became the first country to connect to INTERPOL's Global Police Communications System, I-24/7.

Extending access to INTERPOL's tools and services

In 2009, INTERPOL Ottawa made INTERPOL databases accessible to more than 66,000 police officers from 380 police and law enforcement agencies across the country. This expansion formed part of a strategy to boost national security and prevent criminal activity in Canada.

Using INTERPOL's technology known as FIND, Canada created an interface between two key INTERPOL databases and the national Canadian police database. This means that police across a territory of 10 million square kilometres all have hands-on access to critical data onwanted persons and stolen and lost travel documents, in just seconds.

LYON, France – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are the latest supporters of INTERPOL’s Turn Back Crime global awareness campaign, drawing attention to the role the general public can play in reducing the impact of crime.In a video message on behalf of ‘the Mounties’, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson warns, “Organized crime groups are increasingly sophistic...

LYON, France – The forensic investigation of environmental pollution in developing countries is set to take a leap forward with the unveiling of an important new manual for law enforcement worldwide.The INTERPOL Pollution Crime Forensic Investigation Manual includes practical and low-cost methods to guide investigators through the forensic environmental i...

LYON, France – INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble offered condolences on behalf of the world police body to the families and friends of the three members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who lost their lives last week.RCMP Constables Fabrice Georges Gevaudan, 45, David Joseph Ross, 32, and 40-year-old Douglas James Larche were laid to rest on...

LYON, France – At the request of Canada, INTERPOL has issued an international alert, or Orange Notice, after three prisoners escaped from a detention centre in Quebec using a helicopter.The three men, Yves Denis, aged 35, Denis Lefebvre, aged 53, and 49-year-old Serge Pomerleau who escaped on Saturday 7 June, were awaiting trial on charges related to drug...

ROME, Italy – INTERPOL has launched the Victim Identification Laboratory, a global mobile investigative tool to assist in identifying and rescuing the victims of child sexual abuse, following an agreement with Canada.The laboratory is a mobile application which can be deployed at conferences, training courses and other law enforcement-related gatherings,...

LYON, France ‒ The arrest in Germany of Luka Rocco Magnotta, a Canadian national suspected of murder and the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice for internationally-wanted persons, highlights the essential role of international police cooperation and sharing intelligence in fugitive investigations, a senior INTERPOL official has said.At the request of Canad...

LYON, France – At the request of Canadian authorities INTERPOL has today issued a Red Notice, or international wanted persons alert, for Luka Rocco Magnotta who is suspected of killing a man and posting body parts to various locations around Canada.29-year-old Magnotta, who is also known as Eric Clinton Newman or Vladimir Romanov, is believed to have fled...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An INTERPOL operation targeting 207 internationally-wanted fugitives wanted for serious crimes including murder, kidnapping, organized crime and child sexual abuse believed to be hiding in South America has led to arrests across the continent and new investigative leads established for almost a quarter.Investigative leads develop...

The second operation of its kind against the illegal transportation of hazardous materials has seen Canadian and US authorities carry out inspections and enforcement actions.Targeting vehicles and vessels capable of transporting hazardous materials of all forms – including industrial chemical waste, the two-day operation (17-18 August) focused on major tr...

LYON, France - An international operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL targeting the illegal trade in traditional medicines containing protected wildlife products has resulted in a series of arrests worldwide and the seizure of thousands of illegal medicines worth more than EUR 10 million.National wildlife enforcement authorities, police, customs and speciali...

An international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines has resulted in a series of arrests and the seizure of thousands of potentially harmful medical products.In response to an ever-increasing number of websites supplying dangerous and illegal medicines, Operation Pangea II involving 24 countries was co-ordinated b...

LYON, France – The first-ever international environmental initiative co-ordinated by INTERPOL against the illegal transportation of hazardous waste has seen Canadian and US authorities carry out an operation that saw hundreds of vehicles checked along their border.Targeting vehicles capable of transporting waste of all forms – including industrial chemica...

The first international Internet day of action co-ordinated by the Permanent Forum on International Pharmaceutical Crime, INTERPOL and the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT), targeting the illegal online sale of medicines to the public has resulted in a series of arrests and the seizure...